環球之旅:十大懷古聖地之耶路撒冷

耶路撒冷舊城：世界上唯一被三大宗教——猶太教、回教、基督教（天主教）認定爲信仰源流和精神指針的聖地城市。3000多年來，它在戰火動亂中，不斷被破壞，又不斷地被修復，哭牆前有着猶太人永遠的愛與哀愁。

Jerusalem is arguably the world's most revered city. it's the city of king david （1，000 b.c.）,the place of christ's last ministry and crucifixion,and the site where the prophet mohammad is believed to have ascended to heaven. over a turbulent 3.000-year history,jerusalem has seen more than its share of sieges,while jews,christians,and muslims have all tried their hand at ruling the city.

可以說，耶路撒冷是世界上最受尊敬的城市。這是大衛的王城（1000年），是耶穌最後釘死於十字架的地方，先知穆罕默德認爲這裏是人們通往天堂的地方。在動盪的3000年裏，耶路撒冷經歷了太多的圍攻戰亂。猶太人、基督徒和穆斯林都曾嘗試過統治這座城市。

During the centuries of the crusades,jerusalem was the ethereal vision that moved the armies of europe and islam， but for almost 700 years after the crusades ended,the actual city of jerusalem existed as a shadowy,forgotten backwater,slowly falling into ruin and decay. Not until the 19th century did the city again begin to come alive and reemerge from behind its walls.

在十字軍東征的幾個世紀，耶路撒冷是飄渺的景象感動了歐洲和伊斯蘭的軍隊，但近700年的十字軍東征結束後，耶路撒冷市作爲一個實際存在的影子，漸漸地被人們遺忘，慢慢地陷入破產和腐爛。直到19世紀才市又開始活躍起來，並從後面的牆壁重現。

During the years of the british mandate（1918-48） the current incarnation of jerusalem developed as a quiet religious center,tourist attraction,and university town in a remarkably beautiful mountain setting. nineteen years of division by war,barbed wire,and minefields （1948-67） brought jerusalem's gentle renaissance to a temporary halt.

在英國委任統治年（1918年至1948年）耶路撒冷化身爲一個安靜的宗教中心、旅遊景點和大學城。這裏被開發爲一個非常美麗的山區環境。在1948至1967年的十九年，這裏因戰爭而分裂，這裏佈滿了鐵絲網，和雷場。耶路撒冷的溫柔文藝復興不得不暫時停止。

The mosque of umar,located next to the church of the holy sepulcher,features a syrian-type ated along an edge of the west bank in east-central israel,jerusalem is the nation's capital and largest city,with a population of around 560.000,it is comprised of the history-drenched old city,and modern urban neighborhoods that have grown up outside the old city's walls.

位於聖墓教堂附近的歐麥爾清真寺，有一個敘利亞式尖塔。沿着以色列東中部的邊緣的西岸，耶路撒冷是這個國家的首都和最大城市，擁有約56萬人口。它是擁有者燦爛歷史的古老的城市，現在老城牆外面的地區也慢慢變得繁華。

Modern jerusalem is a center of government,culture and tourism. naturally,the old city is of most interest to visitors, given sacred landmarks like the curch of the holy sepulcher,the dome of the rock,and the wailing wall. numerous museums and other historic sites lend further appeal to one of the world's holiest（最神聖的）cities.

耶路撒冷是一個現代政府、文化和旅遊中心。當然，遊客最感興趣的還是老城區的聖墓教堂、圓頂的岩石和哭牆的神聖地標。衆多的博物館和其他歷史遺址耶路撒冷成爲世界最神聖的城市之一。